February 7th, 2010 . . . . .
Categorized under: Renewable Energy

Daniel Kammen – Renewable Energy and Economies of Scale







Complete video at: fora.tv Daniel Kammen, Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley explains why renewable energy may take less time to see widespread incorporation than its critics have argued. ----- Cody's Books presents a panel featuring Mother Jones publisher Jay Harris, author Jeff Goodell, former Sierra club president Adam Werbach, director of the UC Berkeley Renewable and Appropriate Technology Energy Lab Daniel Kammen and Natural Resources Defense Council staff scientist Audrey Chang. They discuss American's reliance on coal, and debate what type of energy is best for our future: solar, wind -- or even nuclear? -- Cody's Books

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  1. The high electricity rates in Germany come from the structure of the markets, which are oligopoles basically. The premium for renewables plays almost no roll, it’s about one beer a month. The price of the renewables is coming down rapidly and their share is rising from year to year (already 16%). When we have largeley renewables in Germany and the Uranium is running out in 20 years, the French will get big problems. That’s going to be interesting.


    Toji85
    February 7th, 2010

  2. Germany and Denmark may pay twice as much, but it’s clean energy. If we don’t switch to renewable energy you could be paying the price in the future.
    CO2 emmissions can easily be cut, by increasing the efficiency of machinery, reducing waste use, recycling materials, cutting back on consumption etc etc


    sandallw03
    February 7th, 2010

  3. but who pays or on scale with US dirty energy. France, which is 80% is nuclear. What could be the clear choice?


    greenwashed
    February 7th, 2010

  4. that is super sad!


    NoFreeWind
    February 7th, 2010

  5. He is the Professor of Energy at the University of California with appointments in the Energy and Resources Group, Goldman School of Public Policy, and dept. of Nuke Engineering. He is founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab. He was Co-Director of the Berkeley Energy Institute.

    Harvard graduate, Ph.D. 88. Trained in physics Postdoc work at Caltech and Harvard, was prof and Chair of the Science, Tech. and Environmental Policy at Princeton University from ’93 ’98.


    neddy05
    February 7th, 2010

  6. This guy just drank a gallon of Kool-aide before he gave this talk. Germany and Denmark pay twice as much as we pay for electricity. Cut our CO2 emissions by 75%. This person is insane! Did he actually finish high school. How does he he think he got to the bookstore, how does he think the bookstore was built? Where in the world does he even think we are going to cut CO2 by 10% or even 5%??? This is such a fantasy it is almost beyond belief.


    czchiro
    February 7th, 2010

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    They told me to keep up defending the U.S.Constitution & keep posting Tom’s intel reports with the Qui Tam.

    I will continue that.

    Now check out the recent posting which is “The Court Case that changes the Entire World”

    The agent I met was a woman who showed me a photo of Peter Joyce & Lady Diana & I from 1992 in London.

    I want to thank Interpol for working with Tom and Albert.

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    LoveAmericaStyle
    February 7th, 2010

  8. It be nice to have people talk about making solar and wind a big part of the energy mix instead of the be all and end all of energy needs. Nuclear, clean coals, and many others still need to be look at.


    Eguy451
    February 7th, 2010

  9. Don Blankenship Ceo of Massey Energy is a mountain raping coal licker
    And he will burn in hell


    bennyspider1
    February 7th, 2010

  10. Note how this guy doesn’t say much about the de-population of Northern Europe. Just a thought. Also when Russia is your natural gas supplier, in the long term everything looks reliable.


    EasyEs
    February 7th, 2010

  11. Perhaps Daniel could look at my pulser Pump? for his Appropriate energy laboratory?
    You can see recent video of one that is 20 years old! powered by a half meter head of water! and made of scrap cans and plastic pipes! on utube. And it is still working!
    I think the pulser pump is the only thing simple enough to use low grade hydropower of this kind.
    There is lots of such low grade hydropower available at the moment. Some are on a huge scale too!
    Brian White


    gaiatechnician
    February 7th, 2010

  12. wiked


    stk006
    February 7th, 2010

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